A Lowly Wretch

Tabrasa\- Born of Chaos.

@Legion02 - Excellent. Do let me know when he's done and I'll give him a review.

Tabrasa\- Born of Chaos.

@Dealdric@Duoya@Leotamer@Lord Zee@Rune_Alchemist - I have reviewed your CS's and they are accepted. You have my confirmation and are free to post these characters into the character tab.

I have also created a list for that page with three categories: Those of The World, Those of Man and Those Who Came After. Basically those of the World are all the oldest gods, all born roughly close to one another in time span. Those of Man came shortly after them, gods and goddesses formed from domains born of humankind. Lastly there are Those Who Came After which are the youngest, coming after all the others. You are all free to discuss with others in the same bracket where you stand with one another age-wise but this is the general setup as far as determining who or what came when.

@ReusableSword - You are welcome to put forward a CS or even a WIP-CS to claim the domain for now. I must note that your god cannot have more than one domain to start. There will be opportunities to claim additional domains within the rp itself once underway but in the beginning everyone only gets one. I look forward to seeing your god nonetheless.

Edit: I am currently adapting Oao's CS to the new setup. Once ready I'll post her in the Characters tab and then get to work on the opening post while finishing off my review and acceptance of the remaining CS's.

Tabrasa\- Born of Chaos.

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Those of The First Era.

Oao
(A Lowly Wretch)

Apolios
(Archangel89)

Iarus
(Archangel89)

Hayim
(Duoya)

Ral
(Noodles)

Gammaton
(Stern Algorithm)

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Those of The New Era.

Aru
(Stabby)

M'arash
(ZAVAZggg)

Important Note

Just as a reminder please Do Not post characters to the Characters tab without a GM's confirmation first.

Tabrasa\- Born of Chaos.

@Lord Zee - Basically just gorgenmast for the time being. Don't worry, I was just reiterating what you just said previously.

Tabrasa\- Born of Chaos.

@gorgenmast- A shame. I wish you luck in your future endeavors all the same.

@Lord Zee - I'll include the map on the main OOC post once it's updated to exclude the realms of absent deities.

Tabrasa\- Born of Chaos.

Good morning everyone! I have updated the CS portion thus making for a complete OOC page. Now, as I've made some changes I'll naturally need to go through and check each CS before running approvals for you all to bring your gods over to the CS tab. I understand a few of you also probably have questions regarding my changes to the former story, especially seeing as some of it's been obfuscated for story purposes.

@Vega7 - Indeed they can. Gods can invest portions of their powers into mundane beings or items at a temporary cost of their own power. The only thing that cannot be made by gods are other gods since only Divine Cords can grant the everlasting life and power over a domain that sets them above all lower beings.

@jetipster - In this world gods are born when Divine Cords appear, the god forming around them like the pearl of a clam. The domain that the cord is attuned to is the domain that god essentially embodies as they are formed from it. Nobody knows why gods are made this way or where the Divine Cords come from, this has simply been the way it's happened since gods first appeared.

@Lord Zee - As far as the strength of gods is concerned neither time nor worship matters. All gods hold relatively the same strength in regards to their own domain with things such as physical strength largely being randomly decided when they are born. Time can bring knowledge and wisdom as well as the opportunities to accumulate followers and resources. Crafting powerful items and gathering armies can be just as useful as learning to better control one's own domain/domains at times.

Tabula Rasa || Ancient Gods

@Lord Zee@Rune_Alchemist@Leotamer@Kalas@Duoya@jetipster@Okonuki@Archangel89@gorgenmast@Vega7@Dealdric@thewizardguy@Legion02
- I am proud to announce that the thread is now (more or less) complete! All I have left for the OOC is to write up a CS frame for new players. It won't be too different from this rp's one. Feel free to read through what I've stirred up, discuss and post your CS's again so I can have a gander because a couple tweaks will likely be needed. It'll probably be nothing major, just some minor details.

Tabrasa\- Born of Chaos.

Sorry for double posting here by the way. Just thought I'd garner up some extra attention for the actual reveal and such.

Edit: I'll be asleep for a bit but I'll get some responses up when I awake.

Tabrasa\- Born of Chaos.

Oao

Name: Oao (Pronounced "O-Ow").

Domain: The Darkness.

Appearance:

Oao's Guise

To start, no darkness shaped by her has eyes. She simply sees through their essence.

Oao has many forms for she wears the darkness around her, shaping it as both an extension of her body and a cover to conceal herself within. Her most familiar shape of darkness is that of a tall willowy humanoid, lithe with a subtle feminine shape to it. It's arms are almost as long as it's body is and possesses a pair of exceedingly long yet thin hands. It's face is a completely featureless mask sitting underneath a mass of long wispy tendrils of darkness serving as what could be assumed to be hair. It's legs end in a single trunk that sprawls out at the ankle level with several dark roots that pull it forward as a means of locomotion.

Her true form is that of an emaciated genderless little humanoid, a rather pathetic creature. Her skin is whiter than snow and she's no larger than a human child though she may appear smaller as she tends to remain hunched forward. She has got bony arms with two twig-like fingers and an only slightly thicker thumb. Despite being thin little bones called fingers they are long enough to reach around the entirety of an adult human's head. Her feet are normal sized for a human child though they only possess two little claw-like toes.

Her face is gaunt and narrow with thin lips and a mouth full of needle fine teeth. Shorter sets of these teeth run all the way down into her throat, allowing her to chew what she swallows all the way down. She has got shallow cheeks with eyes twice the size of a human's. Completely filling her eyes is a deep darkness, an abyss so black staring deeply into them can leave one's grip on sanity loosened. As though swimming in the shores of the fathomless darkness which appear to stretch on for eternity are two vanishingly small points of white light. There is only one for each eye, two minuscule stars set to float atop an infinite void confined within the space of her rather large eyes. Oao has long straight silky jet black hair that appears very well groomed, something to be envied by many with long dark hair were they to discover she had it.

Her voice is a soft, light pitch like that of a wispy young girl. Whenever she speaks it's always with a tremble to her voice, becoming shakier the more afraid she is.

Realm: The Caverns of North Crown.

North Crown, the human name given to the mountain range that encircles the northern pole of the world like a massive crown. Deep throughout this range is a truly massive series of caverns which form a truly labyrinthine maze beneath the mountains that she calls home. She has no subjects nor really anything to call her own. The tunnels she has dug are bare and frigid due to their proximity to the frozen lands and seas that lay within the crown. She has driven away all fauna from her territory save the creatures naturally born without eyes. Hence, only worms and moles reside within the mountains though these beasts can sometimes grow to be fairly large when left unchecked. Rockborer worms in particular tend to range on the rather gigantic size of things, growing to about the same mass as whales and possessing massive hardened beaks designed to bore through solid rock, hence the name.

Much of these caverns have been plastered with congealed darkness that is imbued with the power to turn aside the gaze of all beings, even the gods. Not even magic can pierce the darkness she's painted her realm in, forming a great curtain over her home that she uses to hide herself in. Of course like all things created from darkness it is susceptible to light, the essence of illumination antithetical to that of darkness. Her darkness is strong however so woe be onto the unwary who traipse into her realm thinking a mere torch will thwart the likes of her darkness.

Biography:

Many are afraid of the dark. What most don't know is that the dark is more afraid of them.

From the day she was born alongside the many others who would be the first gods known to this realm she has always lived in fear of the light. The first time she had ever poked her head out the sun's rays burned her, causing her to recoil back into her caverns. At the time she could not fathom why this had happened.

Does the sun hate me? She wondered. The moment it saw me all it wanted to do was get rid of me. Perhaps this is the same of all creatures. Needless to say with these thoughts in mind her earliest years were rife with seclusion. She turned to expand her caves since she couldn't make her home above where the sun was waiting to get her. She began to see all those who embraced it's light as being in league with it, all determined to destroy her should they ever see her. Little has changed since those days.

She is miserable. She doesn't understand why everything is obsessed with banishing her. From the light of the sun to the fires the little humans carry there is nary a single being she's aware of that doesn't wish to violate the very nature of her essence by trying to pull away her precious domain. To her these beings are essentially seeking to strip her naked so that all may gawk upon and abuse the feeble little creature that she is. She is painfully aware of how fragile a goddess she is, a tiny delicate little being trapped in a massive stone ball run by massive beings of tremendous power, all vying to steal away her hiding spaces to claim as their own territory thus forcing her into an ever smaller corner to hide in.

Even if she were the most powerful and beautiful being alive however that would not change the fact that it is in her very nature to be afraid of being seen. The terror that something might be trying to catch a glimpse of her fills her heart and consumes her mind at all times, frequently leading to full blown panic attacks. She weeps, she shivers, she sits huddled in the dark caverns far away from all living creatures. She is lonely as she is incapable of trusting anything to not betray her. Even when creatures cannot even see her if they are even nearby her mind will trick her into feeling the sensations of their eyes grazing across her cold taut flesh. Her paranoia is massive and overall she is an emotionally unstable trainwreck of a genderless aberration filled with a growing sense of her impending doom as the gods vie to steal all that is hers away until she is inevitably left at the mercy of her greatest foe: The Sun.

Needless to say given how much grief it has caused her she holds a seething enmity towards all light, the sun chiefest of them all. She would love nothing better than to snuff out the sun and plunge the world into eternal darkness but she is too shy and cowardly to ever act out so brazenly. Until something changes she maintains focus on preserving her hold over the chthonic territories, driving out intruding deities however possible so that she may remain safely hidden from all.

Notes: None.

Misc:

- Her name is taken from the sound of the great howling void that exists beyond the darkness between the stars.

- Because moonlight is a reflection of sunlight Oao can only make full use of her domain on the night of the new moon, the time of the month when the moon is at it's darkest.

"Put that on my Tabula."

Tabrasa\- Born of Chaos.

(Reserved for GM use.)

Tabrasa\- Born of Chaos.

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Before the age of man
Before the age of gods
There was

T a b r a s a

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None remember how it came to be. The world, it's wilds or even the beasts that roam it's face. When the first gods were born so too were the first of mankind. Since that day many more gods have been born into this world, each one formed around the many facets of reality. Light, Darkness, Fire, Ice, Earth, Winds, Waters and more are seen to by the beings who embody these very concepts.

They are shaped around a mysterious material known only as "Divine Cords", a strange string-like essence understood by none. It is this essence that separates gods from mortals and the inanimate. It is said the one who discovers the secret to harnessing the Divine Cords will transcend godhood itself to become the god of gods.

But there are more mysteries than that, both for men and deity alike. Those who know the ground and what lay beneath know that at the heart of the world lays a core encompassed by a great black shroud that is impenetrable to all known forces. None have seen behind the shroud, no matter the attempts thus far.

And while the dreams of men may be minded by gods the dreams of gods are minded by something else. The only evidence of this beings works lay in a dream the gods sometimes find themselves in. It is a dream of a dark cloudy land where nothing is distinct save a massive gate formed from a worn golden metal which has long lost it's luster from all appearances. None have seen past this gate for all attempts to break through it within these dreams have failed and they seem to scale upwards in an endless ascent no matter how far one flies to try and get above it.

So come. Shape the destinies of man and beast alike, Get tangled in the dreams and ambitions of fellow gods or strive to uncover the great mysteries within the lands of Tabrasa.

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Welcome!

To all newcomers and previous attendees to my take on this rp concept. As those returning from the other rp may note I've changed the background a certain amount. The changes aren't massively different from what was presented before however I've decided to keep what few details I've added secret for the sake of a semi-overarching plot which should provide some more things for our lovely deities to concern themselves with when they aren't embroiled in internal politics and strife or partying with one another and having fun. Overall I encourage everyone to imbue their gods and goddesses with driving ambition and gusto so as to make this exciting tale all the more interesting!

The Rules

#1: Obey the rules of this site.

#2: Be kind and respectful of one another. Contention is best saved for the gods, not the OOC thread.

#3: No making undeclared alterations to your CS in the CS thread. Please run all changes to your CS by me either directly or on the OOC before applying them to your CS. I do not wish to discourage world building or character evolution but it is not fair to continuously change one's character without so much as even a public mention. Anyone making undeclared alterations to their CS will be warned. Repeat offenders will be considered for removal from the RP.

#4: As this is a loosely guided sandbox rp there stands the possibility of adult content pertaining to violence and romance. While I do ask that people try to avoid gratuitous depictions of violence I do not restrict you from depicting violent situations. If anyone is sensitive to such topics then I recommend reconsidering application. Beyond this warning I offer no guarantees.

#5: If you've read the rules add the phrase "Put that on my Tabula" in quotation marks at the very bottom of the CS.

#6: Do not destroy, exploit or control another player's deity or their creations without the owner's permission. Outside of extraordinary circumstances there is no valid reason for depriving a player of agency over their creations.

#7: Only submit your CS to the CS thread after you have received my confirmation of your character. This applies to any additional characters you may create as well.

#8: While all manner of creatures are allowed to be left to their own devices as NPC's deities are too important. Any deity that is left without a player to run it will be removed from the world.

#9: The rules may be subject to change. I should not have to change them much if at all and I will certainly try to make sure I announce that the rules have changed before any such changes are made so no one is caught unaware. Nonetheless if changes are made and transgressions are made out of ignorance of said changes even when those changes were publicly announced then I shall issue a warning to the transgressor. After a warning if such transgressions are repeated I shall consider removal.

Lore of Note

- Humanity as a species was born at the very same time the oldest of the known gods were made. Since then they have only just begun to establish tribes and still live in hunter/gatherer societies.

- All beings imbued with Divine Cords are, amongst many things, granted everlasting life. Such beings can be killed but so long as their Divine Cords are safe their physical form will regrow around them. This period of regrowth takes a long time however and leaves the destroyed being vulnerable. Divine Cords cannot be destroyed but they can be fused with existing Divine Cords. In order for Cords to be fused the owner of the Divine Cords must have their physical form destroyed before someone else who is intact can fuse it with their own. Once fused the owner of the combined Divine Cords will possess both their own domain and the domains of those who's cords have been taken and fused to their own. Once a Divine Cord has been fused to someone else's the former owner will no longer regrow as they will have become part of the new owner of their Divine Cords.

- Mortals can consume the Divine Cords of deities who have been destroyed. Those who do will embody the deity said cords belonged to and inevitably change into become that deity. Only gods can consume one another without losing themselves to those they fuse their Divine Cords with.

- Before even the gods existed there were forests, beasts, oceans and the many landscapes of Tabrasa. Not even the oldest gods know how this world came to be nor from who they were born from.

- In the beginning much of the world will be free to shape for the many gods looking to stake their claim.

- The world of Tabrasa is a sphere. It is not flat despite popular myths stating otherwise.

- While gods and goddesses of the sun and moon are allowed to exist these celestial bodies have existed long before even the first gods came to be. The bright burning sun and the soft pale moon both rotate around the world of Tabrasa as they do.

- All gods must have one domain. They are allowed only one to start though they may be allowed to adopt others or possibly even fuse with those of gods who have fallen after the roleplay begins.

- The only domains not allowed are time, life, death and the dreams of gods. Also you can't pick Divine Cord as a domain since it's not a domain, it's a source of divinity.

- Beyond the sun and the moon are the stars and beyond those is The Void. Avoid the Void.

- The realms of gods can either be set on the world itself or kept in a sub-space. If a god's realm is in a sub-space it needs a physical entrance both in the world and in the realm.

- Nothing can enter or leave the sub-space realms without using the physical entrances. Even gods have to use these physical entrances to their sub-space realms.

- The entrances to any realm can only be destroyed by the owner unless the owner's physical form is destroyed. Once every entrance is destroyed if the owner is not inside the sub-space realm will collapse into itself, casting everything inside into The Void.

- Gods cannot innately sense the presence or power of other gods. Things that aren't made clear to them through manual perception or use of their domain do not innately present themselves. Those that are too far away to perceive things normally would have to rely on other means of finding out about it such as use of their domains or the use of scouts and spies to bring such knowledge to them.

The CS

Name: (The business cards of early mankind. Give as many or as few as you care to.)

Domain: (A facet of reality that your deity holds regency over. You only get one upon creation. Life, death, time and the dreams of gods are off limits.)

Appearance: (No photos or animated GIF's. Anything else is fine.)

Realm: (Include both your deity's home and the territory they claim. Remember to include mention of entrances to and from the main world if their realm lays in sub-space.)

Biography: (Enter your deity's personality and noteworthy events of theirs here.)

Notes: (Leave this empty. As the rp goes on any details you wish to record go here. Once this CS is submitted Do not edit any other portion of the CS aside from this without the GM's consent.)

Misc: (Extra content that doesn't belong in the above categories go here.)

(Remember the rules.)

The Current Map.